A day after a woman had lodged a rape case in the Pandav Nagar police station in Delhi, against an IAS officer posted in Uttarakhand, the IAS officer also lodged counter First Information Report with the Vasant Vihar police in Dehradun on Saturday accusing the woman and two other persons of blackmailing, defaming him and sending him objectionable SMS.
A woman aged 26 years had alleged that she was sexually exploited by the officer posted in Uttarakhand's Home Department. for two years. She said that the officer exploited her in the name of facilitating a secured job for her. She alleged that the officer threatened her to make her desist from lodging a police complaint, when she tried to do so in Dehradun.
Meanwhile, the accused officer has also lodged a counter FIR at the Vasant Vihar police station in Dehradun accusing the woman and two men of blackmailing. He has also provided three mobile phone numbers to the police from which he was purportedly receiving threatening calls. Maintaining his innocence, the officer said that as per the service rules he would not be able to comment in detail on the case without proper authorisation but stressed that the police investigation will reveal the truth behind the allegations.